22 · ABRIL · 2020
The #IBEIAlumni Page of Books with an International Perspective
List of Books with an international look recommended by our alumni on the occasion of Sant Jordi's festivity and the World's Book Day.
| Title and Author | Type | Graduate student | Class of | Master's completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narcoeconomics, by Tom Wainwright | Academic Book | John Andrew Carter, Jr. | 2015 | Master's in International Relations |
| Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy, by Peter Mair | Essay | Gerard Fernández | 2015 | Master's in International Relations |
| The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir, by Samantha Power | Biography | Laura Pineiro | 2011 | Master's in International Relations |
| Largo petalo de mar, by Isabel Allende | Novel | Nicolás Grimblatt | 2018 | Master's in International Development |
| Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin | Novel | Jane Newland | 2017 | Master's in International Relations |
| A Woman is No Man, by Etaf Rum | Novel | Tatiana Hoecker | 2018 | Master's in International Development |
| Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World, by Zahra Hankir | Essay | Leila Rakib | 2018 | Master's in International Relations |
| The Stranger, by Albert Camus | Novel | Beatriz Isabel Font-Hirt | 2014 | Master's in International Relations |
| CHASING THE FLAME - Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World, by Samantha Power | Biography | Nadine Gabron | 2018 | Master's in International Security |
| Diplomacy, by Henry Kissinger | Other | Silvana Biagioni | 2017 | Master's in International Relations |
| Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Novel | Ben Jaffe | 2017 | Master's in International Relations |
| 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yuval Noah Harari | Essay | 2016 | Master's in International Relations | |
| Leo Africanus (León El Africano), by Amin Maalouf | Novel | Marianella Botta | 2018 | Master's in International Development |
| Breve Historia del Mundo, by Ernest H. Gombrich | Essay | Cynthia Viteri Restrepo | 2016 | Master's in International Relations |
| The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914, by Margaret MacMillan | Essay | Pep Reyner | 2017 | Master's in International Relations |
| The Life of the Caesars, by Suetonius | Biography | Nelson Totesaut | 2018 | Master's in International Relations |
| Human Security. Concepts and implications, by Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh and Anuradha M. Chenoy | Other | Lara Soria Morente | 2016 | Master's in International Security |
| Travels with Herodotus, by Ryszard Kapuściński | Fiction | Marta Briones Hernández | 2012 | Master's in International Relations |
| Queer A Graphic History, by Meg-John Barker&Julia Scheele | Other | Linzhanzhan Tao | Master's in International Relations | |
| The Braid, by Laetitia Colombani | Novel | Olinta Lopez | 2008 |
Master's in International Relations |
| Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid | Novel | Ann-Kathrin Beck | 2017 | Mundus MAPP |
| Liberal Leviathan, by Henry Kissinger | Academic Book | Marta Santiago | 2019 | Master's in International Relations |
| Machines Like Me, by Ian McEwan | Novel | Leonhard Simon | 2017 | Master's in International Security |
| No somos refugiados, by Agus Morales | Other | Laura Milà | 2018 | Master's in International Relations |
| Sovietistan, by Erika Fatland | Other | David Rodríguez Seoane | 2017 | Master's in International Relations |
| Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation, by Silvia Federici | Essay | Maider Arnaiz | 2015 | Master's in International Relations |
| Factfulness, by Hans Rosling | Novel | David Smith | 2011 |
Master's in International Relations |
| Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security, by Sarah Chayes | Academic Book | Mira Alexander | 2017 | Mundus MAPP |
| The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat, by Ryszard Kapuscinski | Biography | Marcelo Gouveia Moreira | 2015 | Mundus MAPP |
| How They Rule the World, by Pedro Baños | Essay | Fernando J. Padilla | 2010 | Master's in International Relations |
| Interventions; A Life in War and Peace, by Kofi Annan | Biography | Núria Pérez Tello | 2011 | Master's in International Relations |
| The Soul of the World, by Frédéric Lenoir | Other | Morgane | 2010 | Master's in International Relations |
| Debt, by David Graeber | Essay | Javier Hernando | 2015 | Master's in International Relations |
| It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race, by Mariam Khan (Editor) | Other | Annika Gostowski | 2012 | Master's in International Relations |
| The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay, by Emmanuel Saez & Gabriel Zucman | Academic Book | Diego Fernandez Fernandez | 2014 | Master's in International Relations |